"We Have Survived" is a song originally performed by No Fixed Address

No Fixed Address

No Fixed Address is an Australian Aboriginal reggae group formed in 1978. Led by Bart Willoughby, the band supported Peter Tosh on his 1982 Australian tour...

. It was composed by Bart Willoughby

Bart Willoughby

Bart Willoughby is an Indigenous Australian musician, noted for his pioneering fusion of reggae with Indigenous Australian musical influences, and for his contribution to growth of Indigenous music in Australia....

 when he was 18. It first appear in the film Wrong Side of the Road

Wrong Side of the Road

Wrong Side of the Road is a 1981 low-budget documentary film made in South Australia in 1980. It is distinctive for being one of the first attempts to bring modern Australian Aboriginal music to a non-indigenous audience....

and on its soundtrack and was later included on No Fixed Address

No Fixed Address

No Fixed Address is an Australian Aboriginal reggae group formed in 1978. Led by Bart Willoughby, the band supported Peter Tosh on his 1982 Australian tour...

's album From My Eyes. It has since been included in The Black Arm Band

The Black Arm Band

The Black Arm Band is a collection of some of Australia's premier Indigeous musicians. The band, conceived by Artistic Director Steven Richardson, was brought together "to perform, promote and celebrate contempary Australian Indigenous music". Members come from all over the country and have diverse...

s concert murundak.

"We Have Survived" is considered to be an Aboriginal anthem and an "anthem of cultural persistence"

In 2008 it was added to the National Film and Sound Archive

National Film and Sound Archive

The National Film and Sound Archive is Australia’s audiovisual archive, responsible for developing, preserving, maintaining, promoting and providing access to a national collection of audiovisual materials and related items...

's Sounds of Australia registry.

External links

• Listen to 'We Have Survived' on australianscreen online